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While I wouldn't so hastily accuse Weebly of age discrimination, I think this raises an interesting discussion around hiring practice: The logistics of certain

While I wouldn't so hastily accuse Weebly of age discrimination, I think this raises an interesting discussion around hiring practice: The logistics of certain hiring practices may be themselves biased in terms of age (or other factors), which is questionably ethical. This trial week seems to discriminate against those who cannot trivially sacrifice vacation time (employees with families, for example). There are others, too; I've heard other founders scheduling interviews with candidates late into the evening or night, even on weekends. With kids to tend to, that would be an incredibly frustrating situation. Nothing is quite so black and white that these acts are themselves evil, but I do hope companies aren't becoming culturally biased. If you're flexible with your policies, then perhaps you'll do fine. With that said, there's something to be said to sticking to some conventions in the interest of not alienating candidates

drusenko 13y ago
We try to be as flexible as possible. We have plenty of people with families that work 8-6pm. If you had kids and couldn't make the trial week because of that, we'd figure something else out. But we've had plenty of people go through a trial week with families and it hasn't been a huge burden. Especially when relocating their families, it's actually a positive -- you end up feeling much more comfortable this is a place you will be at for a while before making that commitment.
- spartango 13y ago
  That's good to hear. This policy seems to come from a well-intentioned place; it would be a shame if it had some unintended consequences.
- kabouseng 13y ago
  Not to nit-pick, but are your normal hours 08:00 - 18:00. I thought normal office hours is closer to 09:00 - 17:00?
  - drusenko 13y ago
    there are no normal hours. some people come from 7:00 to 17:00, others come from 12:00 to 20:00. it's entirely flexible and there are no cultural pressures to work certain hours either.

drusenko 13y ago

We try to be as flexible as possible. We have plenty of people with families that work 8-6pm. If you had kids and couldn't make the trial week because of that, we'd figure something else out. But we've had plenty of people go through a trial week with families and it hasn't been a huge burden. Especially when relocating their families, it's actually a positive -- you end up feeling much more comfortable this is a place you will be at for a while before making that commitment.

spartango 13y ago
That's good to hear. This policy seems to come from a well-intentioned place; it would be a shame if it had some unintended consequences.
kabouseng 13y ago
Not to nit-pick, but are your normal hours 08:00 - 18:00. I thought normal office hours is closer to 09:00 - 17:00?
- drusenko 13y ago
  there are no normal hours. some people come from 7:00 to 17:00, others come from 12:00 to 20:00. it's entirely flexible and there are no cultural pressures to work certain hours either.